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Accrued vacation shall be credited to the employee's account biweekly. <br /> <br />Each eligible employee on a forty (40) hour workweek shall accrue vacation with pay in accordance with <br />the following schedule: <br /> <br /> Years of Continuous Service Monthly Accrual Rate <br /> <br /> First through fourth year 8.57 hours <br /> Fifth through eleventh 11.43 hours <br /> Twelve through fourteenth 14.29 hours <br /> Fifteenth through sixteenth 15.71 hours <br /> Seventeenth year or more 17.14 hours <br /> <br />Accrued vacation shall be credited to the employee's account biweekly. <br /> <br />Any employee except a probationary employee may be allowed to incur a fifty-six (56) hour deficit <br />beyond the vacation leave credited to his/her account. <br /> <br />Except as provided below in Section 13.4 and those employees working a forty (40) hour workweek, <br />vacations must be used in increments of either twenty-four (24) or twelve (12) hours. When used in <br />twelve-hour increments, vacations must be taken from either 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 <br />a.m. The Fire Chief may, however, approve vacation requests in less than twelve (12) hour increments <br />to accommodate employee enrollment in college or university courses. The courses or classes attended <br />must, however, be appropriate to employee development. The decision of the Fire Chief shall be final. <br /> <br />13.3 Vacation Accumulation <br /> <br />Any eligible employee may defer up to a maximum of one and one-half (1-1/2) times his/her annual <br />vacation entitlement to the year succeeding his/her anniversary of hire date. <br /> <br />13.4 Vacation Scheduling <br /> <br />Vacation selection will be subject to the procedure stated in Fire Department G.O.#(), except for those <br />areas specifically stated differently in this article. <br /> <br />For the annual scheduling done in January of each year, seven (7) persons of any rank shall be allowed <br />off at any given time. Vacation requests by a eighth (Sth) or additional person requires the requesting <br />person to provide the name of his/her replacement (See Fire Department G.O.# (), Overtime, III, M; - <br />Finding your own Replacement). <br /> <br />Authorized emergency vacation may be allowed due to special circumstances and temporary <br />assignments will be made to accommodate. <br /> <br /> 14 <br /> <br /> <br />